Jeffrey Lieber Joins ‘NCIS: New Orleans’ As Executive Producer

Jeffrey Lieber has been added to CBS‘ new drama series NCIS: New Orleans as executive producer. Lieber will help NCIS: New Orleanscreator/executive producer Gary Glasberg in running the series.Glasberg will be pulling double duty next season as he also runs the mothership NCIS series. Also executive producing NCIS: New Orleans, which will launch behind NCIS in the fall, is NCIS star/exec producer Mark Harmon. This marks Lieber’s return to CBS where he previously created and executive produced drama series Miami Medical. He spent the last three years as an executive producer on USA’s Necessary Roughness and is also credited as a co-creator of ABC’s Lost. Lieber is with CAA, Madhouse Entertainment and Peter Nelson.

11 Comments

cheesebeef • on May 14, 2014 11:26 am

Anyone who’s ever met, worked with or just spoken to Jeff knows there’s no better writer or person in this entire city. The guy treats everyone from PA to EP with nothing but love and respect. Congrats!

TPerk • on May 14, 2014 11:26 am

You are so right, cheesebeef. As someone who’s very first job was to PA on a show that Jeff EPed, he is a wonderful guy. He always had an open door and was nothing but pleasant and approachable. Congrats to him.

elvee • on May 14, 2014 11:26 am

I’ve met, worked with, and spoken to him — and I couldn’t agree more. Huge congrats to him!

Will • on May 14, 2014 11:26 am

If we had to guess, how much do we think he made over time as a credited co-creator of Lost who did nothing else on the series? A lot or pennies?

Dalip • on May 14, 2014 11:26 am

He made a ton. Not involved. What has he show-run again?

John Locke • on May 14, 2014 11:26 am

I was always curious what his original version of Lost was? How much did Abrams and Lindelof actually use from what Lieber had written? Did they do their own version of the island with their own characters or did they take some things from the pilot Lieber wrote? There were never any articles written about him or his script he remained a mystery for the whole run of the series.

I only know him via internet communications, but his Showrunner Rules are excellent.
Cheers for hiring someone who gives back!
More like him Networks.

snoopy77 • on May 14, 2014 11:26 am

Cool for him. But hope he’s aware of what a you-know-what Mr. Harmon can be.

Greg • on May 14, 2014 11:26 am

Jeffrey is crazy talented and super deserving. He’s also a great and gracious friend, even to those of us out of the industry. For Will – Lost was his original idea. There would have been no series without his original conception, regardless of what happened.